Elastic fluid turbine condenser arrangement



Feb. 20, 1940. J. H. DORAN ELASTIC FLUID TURBINE CONDENSER ARRANGEMENT Filed March 15. 1938 Inventor-z John H. Dor-n,

y His Attorney;

Patented Feb. 20, 1940 2,191,343

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELASTIC FLUID TURBINE CONDENSER ARRANGEMENT John H. Doran, Scotia, N. Y., assignor to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application March 15, 1938, Serial No. 196,006

1 Claim. (Cl. 285111) The present invention relates to elastic fluid conduit l2, with a flange I 8 extending outwardly turbine condenser arrangements comprising an beyond the surface l4 and inwardly beyond the elastic fluid turbine and a condenser connected surface Hi. In the present example the flange to the exhaust end thereof to receive and con- I8 is formed by an annular strip of material dense fluid discharged from the turbine. More fastened to the inlet conduit l2 of the condenser 5 specifically the invention relates to the kind of by Welds l9 an U- The Upper Surface of the arrangements in which the condenser is welded flange i8 is united with the conduit II by a to the exhaust opening of the turbine. Experiweld 2|. In order to facilitate the provision of I once with such welded constructions has shown the weld 2|, I D all Outer Strip o te that they require a large amount of expensive 22 secured to the outer surface l3 of the con- 10 welding material, mainly due to the fact that the duit II by a weld 23. The strip or ring 22 on exhaust opening of the turbine and the inlet one side bridges t Op that is c s p opening of the condenser are not uniformly the joint, formed between the conduit l3 and the spaced and do not always align after the turbine flange a thereby Prevents the material of and the condenser have been installed. Such the weld 2| from flowing outward du the 15 misalignment occurs especially in case of welded welding process.

fabricated turbine and condenser structures due Thus, Wi y invention I have accomplished to the warping of the relatively thin metal plates an proved b e Condenser arrangement in during manufacture. which the condenser inlet is welded to the tur- The object of my invention is to provide imbine exhaust opening by a comparatively small 20 proved arrangement for uniting a turbine with amount of We d material- The 0081? of p its condenser whereby the above drawback is ducing such welding connection is therefore subovercome. stantially reduced by my invention. In addition For a consideration of what I believe to be the provision of the flange I 8 and the strip 22 5 novel and my invention, attention is directed to give the connection a decidedly better appear- 25 the following description and the claims ap ance than can be attained with the old method pended thereto in connection with the accomand arrangement of connecting a condenser to panying drawing. a turbine by welding.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates a welded What I claim as new and desired to secure by turbine condenser arrangement embodying my Letters Patent of the United States is: 30 invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view Elastic fluid turbine condenser arrangement of Fig. 1. comprising a turbine having a casing forming an The arrangement comprises an elastic fluid exhaust conduit, a condenser having an inlet turbine H] which in the present instance has a conduit with a face spaced irregularly from the fabricated casing forming an exhaust conduit face of the exhaust conduit, and means con- 35 H. The conduit II is connected to an inlet 0011- meeting the two conduits comprising a flange at duit l2 of a condenser. The conduits H and I2 the opening of one of the conduits and prohave outer surfaces l3 and I4 and inner surjeoting inwardly and outwardly from the inner faces I5 and 16 respectively which do not align and outer surfaces respectively of such conduit,

when assembled. The spacing ll between the a strip welded to the other conduit to back up 40 two conduits may vary at different points. In the irregular opening between the other conorder to unite the two conduits with the use of duit and the flange, and a weld uniting the other a minimum amount of welding material I proconduit and the strip with the flange. vide one of them, in the present instance the JOHN H. DORAN. 

